Ghazal 255 (غزل ۲۵۵) · Divan of Hafez
یوسفِ گمگشته بازآید به کنعان، غم مخور
Yūsof-e gom-gashte bāzāyad be Kanʿān, gham makhor
kolbe-ye aḥzān shavad rūzī golestān, gham makhor
ey del-e gham-dīde, ḥālat beh shavad, del bad makon
v-īn sar-e shūrīde bāz āyad be sāmān gham makhor
gar bahār-e ʿomr bāshad bāz bar takht-e chaman
chatr-e gol dar sar kashī, ey morgh-e khosh-khān gham makhor
dowr-e gardūn gar do rūzī bar morād-e mā naraft
dāʾeman yeksān nabāshad ḥāl-e dowrān gham makhor
hān mashow nowmīd chon vāqef neh-ī az serr-e gheyb
bāshad andar parde bāzī-hā-ye penhān gham makhor
ey del ar seyl-e fanā bonyād-e hastī barkanad
chon to rā Nūḥ ast kashtī-bān, ze ṭūfān gham makhor
dar bīābān gar be showq-e Kaʿbe khāhī zad qadam
sarzanesh-hā gar konad khār-e moghīlān gham makhor
garche manzel bas khaṭarnāk ast o maqṣad bas baʿīd
hīch rāhī nīst k-ān rā nīst pāyān, gham makhor
ḥāl-e mā dar forqat-e jānān o ebrām-e raqīb
jomle mī-dānad khodāy-e ḥāl-gardān gham makhor
Ḥāfeẓā dar konj-e faqr o khalvat-e shab-hā-ye tār
tā bovad verdat doʿā o dars-e Qorʾān gham makhor
The Persian verses are from the Divan of Hafez of Shiraz, drawn from the public-domain ganjoor archive, and presented unchanged. The transliteration is model-assisted and awaiting review by a Persian-literate reader — if you spot a slip, we’d love to hear.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.